Bounty Hunter Archive
Thread: Empire Strikes Back: Post Publish 20 edition
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CorinDWR
Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:15 am
#1
Originally in the movie, the events here would include a group of bounty hunters chasing the Millenium Falcon till they reach Cloud City on Bespin. Due to the lack of smuggler content, this is actually impossible, and it is therefore rewritten to the same hunters chasing an unknown Jedi.
VADER's STAR DESTROYER - The Bridge:
The group standing before Vader is a strange array of galactic fortune hunters: There is Bossk, a Trandoshan, Zuckuss, an insecoid of some sort, Dengar, a disfigured human, IG-88 an assasination droid, and Boba Fett, a man in aweapon covered armour suit.
VADER: ...I need you to obtain a Jedi for me. But I want him alive.
BOBA FETT: Who's the Jedi?
VADER: That I can't tell you.
ZUCKUSS: Why?
VADER: Uhm. Because I cant... Regulation 20.
BOSSK: ...
BOBA FETT: Okay... So how much is this Jedi worth then?
VADER: Can't tell you that either.
DENGAR: Doh! What can you tell us?
BOBA FETT: I presume he is a rebel?
VADER: Yup, that he is.
ZUCKUSS: What else can you tell us about him?
VADER: Well... He's available at the moment. He hasn't gone to bed yet.
BOBA FETT: ...
IG-88: You guys are just pessimistic. You havent even tried the hunt yet. I'm ready for it. My last hunts included some imperials, got into a heap of trouble for it I tell ya. Great that you told us thathes reb Vader.
VADER: Ok, you all set? Get moving.
Later on in the quiet city of Kaadara on Naboo, Zuckuss has located a SpyNet operative.
ZUCKUSS: Hi mate, I need a bio signature.
OPERATIVE: Ok, whats the name of your mark?
ZUCKUSS: Dunno...
OPERATIVE: Come again? You don't know who you're after?
ZUCKUSS: Nope...
OPERATIVE: Okay... Hmm, I have a few thousand bio sigs here. Let's choose... This one.
ZUCKUSS: Is that the Jedi I'm looking for?
OPERATIVE: Don't ask me. But if you want my opinion, this new regulation 20 about anonymity of targets is bonk.
ZUCKUSS: Tell me about it. Okies, cheers mate, cya around.
Zuckuss goes out of town and send his probe droid to space to locate his target. After a while, the droid return with news of the Jedi being on Corellia. Zuckuss starts up his ship and heads out. A short hyperspace jump and he goes into orbit to land near Coronet.
ZUCKUSS: Dum de dum... If I hide a little, his mates might not see me launch a bunch of seekers to find him. Let's see, first of all, who am I hunting?
A seeker returns with a name and Zuckuss start searching for his prey. After a short ride, he spots him fighting off some sharnaffs. Zuckuss waits patiently and strikes when his target is most vulnerable. A short battle and his mark is down. Happily, Zuckuss launch to space with his wounded prisoner to meet up with Vader to collect his bounty. Whatever that is.
Meanwhile in Kaadara:
"Due to a high number of life signs on Kashyyyk your droid is unable to pinpoint your target."
"Due to a high number of life signs on Kashyyyk your droid is unable to pinpoint your target."
"Due to a high number of life signs on Kashyyyk your droid is unable to pinpoint your target."
"Due to a high number of life signs on Kashyyyk your droid is unable to pinpoint your target."
"Due to a high number of life signs on Kashyyyk your droid is unable to pinpoint your target."
"Due to a high number of life signs on Kashyyyk your droid is unable to pinpoint your target."
DENGAR: AaaarrghhH!!!!! Screw this.
Back on Vader's Star Destroyer
VADER: So, you have the Jedi I want?
ZUCKUSS: I have a Jedi. Not sure if its the one you're after.
VADER: Show me your captive!
ZUCKUSS: Here...
VADER: This isn't the one I wanted...
ZUCKUSS: Well, with all due respect, it's sorta hard to know who to catch when you refuse to give me his name.
VADER: You have failed me for the last time bounty hunter!
Vader chokes Zuckuss till he falls to the floor dead.
ADMIRAL PIETT: *Mumbles* Fightclubber...
Meanwhile Boba Fett has figured out that his mark is indeed in Cloud City.
BOBA FETT: Okiedokie, let's see who you are then.
Boba Fett sends out a seeker and waits. After a while, it returns.
BOBA FETT: Whoa! It's Luke Skywalker. Hmm, heard Vader's after him. I think I might have found the right mark. But Vader said he wanted him alive. Better call him up.
Boba Fett enters his ship and opens communications.
VADER: What?
BOBA FETT: I might have located your mark. I'm in Cloud City and so is Luke Skywalker.
VADER: Bingo! Thats the one.
BOBA FETT: You mean you knew this whole time?
VADER: Of course. Why would I place a bounty on someone if I didn't know who it was?
BOBA FETT: ...
VADER: Anywho, don't do anything. I'll be right over and deal with the situation myself. Here's your reward.
BOBA FETT: Cheers. Oh and the no name thing. That here to stay?
VADER: Yup, new regulations.
BOBA FETT: Ok, thats me retired then. Cya round. I'll prolly be a guard in Jabba's palace for the rest of my life.
DroidBomb
Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:29 am
#2
Yep, that pretty much sums it up exactly, including the retiring bit.
Anyone else respeccing after this nonsense?
nice revamp of the story 
Obregon
Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:37 am
#4
Giving it some serious thought, but then I'll still give it a try first before I make a final decision.
PMSL
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